We've been going on about this on Facebook, but we've got to put it up on the site: ubik. is going to Burning Man.
Check that-- ubik.s not
just going to Burning Man, we're starting a live music camp. We're assembling bands, building a venue with a bar and a stage... essentially building a music festival out there.
Why? Well, Joel's been a burner for many years and there is such a lack of rock and metal and punk, et al, that he can draw a crowd by playing Gojira CDs. The sound of something, anything,
other than dubstep, is in massive demand out there.
Wednesday, March 16
Bands at Burning Man Meeting
ubik. @
The Highline
Grab a beer and work out the plan
6:00PM
We mean to give it to them...
The first meeting on bringing bands to Burning Man is happening this Wednesday, at the Highline. We've got a
Facebook event built for it, if you want to have a look, but you could drop by just to talk about the hows and the whys of the whole thing.
We also have a
group you can join, where the whole affair will be kept current... but we'll need to add you to it, so get in touch with us if you're interested in rocking the desert.
And, just for the record, here's our official announcement:
)'( )'( )'( BANDS -- WE NEED YOU -- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT )'( )'( )'(
ubik.s going to Burning Man, that is happening!.. we're committed.
We're building a bar-- an enclosed venue with a generator and a PA-- so
now we just need musicians. Burning Man is saturated with dubstep; Joel
has drawn a crowd from three blocks away just by playing metal CDs on a
sound system- PEOPLE WANT THIS.
Burning Man
needs bands, live music, and we want to represent the live sound of the
Pacfic North West at Burning Man like these people will have never seen
before!! What would it be like to own your own bar and have shows with
all the bands you love anytime you want in a huge city of people who
want nothing more than to see something amazing and experience something
new!?! Let's do this shit! ubik. is doing this shit! We need you!
The PLan:
ubik. has a 30x30x15 Quonset hut bar/venue with a stage, a bar (that we
stock), box truck(s) to keep our gear safe and get it to Burning Man,
wood to burn in our firepit, an early entry to get an amazing location
where people won't be able to *not* see us, a PA, bass/guitar cabs and
everything necessary to make this shit go - EXCEPT you! Bring your
instruments or borrow someone's who is already there, bring your camping
gear, BUY A TICKET (worries about cost or how? Talk to us, our dad has a
killer set a' tools, we can fix it), we are going to get our water
delivered (we will work on that as well), food to be discussed as we get
ready to fucking rock the Black Rock Desert!
The Idea:
To
reduce the "music part" overhead for our friends and family of the
Pacific NorthWest bands to help us show off what it is we do every night
in our own region! Any one is welcome! We want our team at this event
representing how amazing we are. So the idea simply put is: bring your
survival gear, bring your instrument, bring anything else you think
you'll need to best represent yourself, then;
get in the fucking truck!
We will make fire, we will make drink! we will make drug! we will roll
out in style in force and blow their minds! ANd most important, we will
make our fucking music out there, and in the face of 60000 people who
are looking for something new and different to blow their minds! But
with out you, its just the 4 of us, by ourselves, doing our best to
expose this throbbing city to the awesome that is the local PNW music
scene...
SO WHO THE FUCK IS IN!?! We WILL do this without you, but without you it will pale in comparison. Contact us. Burn with us.
ubik.s been trying to set up a show with Diminished Men for years-- literally years-- so we finally found a spot where everyone's calendars lined up and we get to play this show! Seriously: this has been a long time coming.
